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Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-01-29

Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-01-29 page 1

- ...... . . . s ,.' " r , WEATHER Rain Friday, with warmer ia east portion Saturday, threatening and colder with anew near the laka. YOUR WANTS can be quickly art A taf ie((ifnntr mmmIaI rV7 OU can secure many bargains, save time and make lots of money by watching and reading each day the Classified Ads of the Ohio State Journal. telling the public through the Ohio State Journal Classified Columns. Call Bell Main 8200. Citizen 11161. . M: imta Maxe J iraEL ; NINETY-NINTH YEAR. No. 29. - . ' COLUMBUS. OHIO. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1909. I J J -l S u I , f PRICE --. - i ' All Umt potato. M HH HK IIIIIIUIIU IIUUUU I i- suiPST m Refuse to Protest Against al - Duty Too Much Poli' , Says Delegate. . - ' . , , -- .... - J - V NEW EXPLOolVES Socialists Gain Upper Hand in Convention Lewis Looks Like a Winner. (By Associated Preee to Stat Journal INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28. Criticizing the political trend of the convention of the United 'Mine Workers of America, James Mooney of Missouri, a member of the national executive hoard of the organization, In a speech at the convention today, offered a resolution protesting to congress against a repeal of the tariff on 'coal. He said: "The other day you committed this convention to Populism when you rec om mended the Issue of currency Instead of bonds for payment of the expense of deepening' waterways. : Now you have committed it to Socialism by adopting a resolution declaring for public ownership of public" .utilities. If you protest against the renewal of the duty on coal, you commit us to Republicanism, and if this happens , I . shall Introduce something that shall . commit you to Bryanism. . j , . "' ' , The, tariff resolution was intended as a. measure of local protection of miners of the Northwest, and several pf their representatives spoke for it, Many other speeches were made against the convention's taking any action in the matter of turiff revision, the reason be-. , tt . - . S"at organization embraced the intAsts of many sections of not -only the- United States but also of Canada, and that Its International character should fprbid. Its taking part in. tariff adjustment -that might Injure some of its members while it benefited others, At the afternoon session a dispute arose n the course of discusslori of the use of, a new high-: poller explosive called carbonite or tnavaerite,' in- the coal mines, ,-. President , Feehan of the Pittsburg district charged that ha had been Ignored by the national executive board when he had asked to be notified of its next meeting, so that he might present the danger of the use of the new explosive, It was intimated that the question was an acute one and that strikes might result if an early solution : of - the problem were not arrived at. ,j- r. -i- 7 ' ., ,j . : .' Resolution Voted Down. : The resolution to protest against the repeal of the tariff on coal was defeated. . . ' 'i.. ;. v! - .s '-' A resolution was adopted advocating woman's, suffrage-and calling upon congress to pass an amendment to the constitution "to be submitted to the legislature of the several states for ratification; prohibiting the disfranchisement of United States citizens on ac- CJjSEtvpf . sex." .:; !.... '',:.- s?.... "Uttort to amend a resolution rec-ommeding state boards of examination and registration of miners, so that only miners actually working "in the pit" should be eligible as examiners, thus precluding J appointment of mine superintendents or others that might be influenced to the advantage "of owners In case of strikes, failed, though President Lewis and John Walker, his rival for the presidency, both spoke In favor of such a Qualification. , . s Socialist Element Wins. ' : After a . ten years,' - struggle, the Socialists among the membership of the United Mine Workers of America, have at last obtained the balance of power in the annual national convention. It la estimated that 300 of the 1400 delegates are either active Socialists or have engaged to support measures of socialistic tendency In the convention. A resolution .for the '.'public ownership of "public utilities," was adopted by the convention without a dissenting vote, In the past, the, .leaders have been able to prevent the national organization from committing itself, to socialistic doctrines, but that time Is past, and President Lewis finds a rival for his office in John Walker of Illinois, who is a professed Socialist. Mr. Lewis and his , supporters,- the conservative party in the convention, on the eve of factional strife that threatens their regime, seem to have decided that it inw would be bad politics to antagonize jnJrrMig an influence as the Socialists Th Conservatives and. the Socialists have Aunltcd in defeating resolutions recommending the Institution of an 1 independent labor party. A resolution, recommending that the Tnlnnrti) ahoulH he active In nolmra nnil try to have elected 'to state legislatures' and to congress, men whose sympathies are publicly known to- bo with the working class, was enthusiastically adopted . -. : ,- ,-r Lewis Probable Wjnnsr. It .seems probable that the convention will continue until the latter part of next week. .Though the tellers of the ballots cast for national officers are using six voting machines in tabulating, -it is not expected that theycan announce- the -result o." the count before Saturday. A statement, said by President Lewis' friends to be authori tative,? was. given out , that-, the count had proceeded far enough to show that Lewis' majority. ?over his . opponent, John Walker, would bj from 15.000 to 20,000. The Walker party Is preparing material with a view of contesting the election on charges of Irregularity in the polling in some districts last December; Mr. Walker's friends generally acknowledge - that on its face the resujt,nf the ballot counting will show a fnlfjrlty fop Lewis. . r i Suicide Feared Insanity. MARION, Jitn, S8. It developed tonight that L, C. Sivey,: the Union coun-ty farmer who committed suiolds yesterday, oommitted the deed 'because he wss' Informed by' iphyslcians that ha would oon become Insane., A number of years ago he received a blow on the head, shattering part of "the skull. An operation gave r- temporary relief, but recently thpb!d wound patnrd him ? ready, causing ni nervoi t'onriltlon, (e whs on of Union county's wealthiest men. v , THE UPLIFT Oh - 'Tver - - w.hk EXPECT WITNESSES TO SUPPLY FACTS Senate Committee Consider It Useless to Ask President for ' ; Merger Details. ; . Bonaparte Gives Out Correspondence With Senate Com- . . mittee on the Subject . (Sptclal 3"leitrmi tn stt Janrnil.J WASHINGTON.- Jan. 3$. F'lpwjng a conference todays between Attorney General Bonaparte and Chairman Clark K the . senate committee, Hhe attorney general, gave , .out the , correspondence between ;hlmself and, the J committee regarding the alleged merger .of, the Tennessee Coal and Iron company and the United States Steel corporation.: Answering the . committee's invitation to appear before it. Attorney General. Bonaparte wrote on Jan. 20: "Imperative, official engagements make it difficult for me to be present at the time mentioned, and I think I can render . all the assistance, which Is in. my power, to the' committee by transmitting to you in this letter a statement of -the ( facts as known to this department." Bonaparte calls . attention , to the president's message on the subject and says he advised the president that the "transaction standing alone . did not constitute a violation-of the anti-trust law, and that the president's course was strictly appropriate under the law." . :: ': ' '.'"",- The letter; "closes with a" statement that the department of Justice has always been ready tq prosecute , the United Stales Steel corporation or any other corporation or -individual for anything which did constitute a vio lation of the law as understood by the department. : ,,, .. , ., , Could Not Get to Sea Reoords.-The attorney general ' points out further that information procured under the department of commerce and labor act provides that the president alone shall determine how much information thus obtained shall be made public, and cites instances, the Beef and Tobacco trust cases, In which he says he himself could not gain access to the records in the commissioner of corporation's custody. . Responsibility for bringing out evU dence relating' to the merger has been thrown upon Senator Culberson by his colleagues on the special committee. The resolution' providing for the In quiry was introduced by Mr. Culber son, .'. -v..' - ; .- .,. .. Oaklelgh Thorn, president ' of the Trust Company of America, will voluntarily go before the. committee following a communication, which he sent to Mr. Culberson giving many details,, of the ownership of stock of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, prior to Its sale to the steel corporation In November last. ' .... . - Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor has been asked to furnish to the committee the data concerning the merger,-which was ob tained by Commissioner Smith of the bureau of corporations, and the reply has been received that the files are now in possession of President Roosevelt, to whom the request should be directed. Tlie members of the committee realize the utter futility of asking the president to send the information and will depend upon witnesses from New York to supply evidence. . CRIME STILL A MYSTERY Suspects in Dayton Murder Case ' Allowed Their Freedom. , , Special Ttlogram to State Journal.- DAYTON, Jan. 28.t-The release by the police today of El wood .Welmer and Charles Bynder, held as suspects In connection with the murder " of Mary Forschner Saturday night leaves the police as helpless and as ignorant of the Identity of the murderer as on tiie morning of the discovery of the drad girl. The police . now have but one person In mind and that Is the mysterious six footer , whose wherer abouts ere stll) unknown although a strenuous effort Is being made to lo cate him. '.;! --v. .y-.!.:., ..t. - The police In the meantime receive dally score of letters from ' cranks, suggesting Clews and offering advltid, and many of these have been run down without throwing a ray of light on the i perpetrator of the crime. Coroner Swisher will .begin his formal inquiry Monday. , , ; IS IT .THE WO THE DRAMA! ER m - -- of HtvJ MAN'S FAULT? CHENEY BODIES , ARRIVE Italian Consul General Will Lay I Wreaths on the Coffins."' By Associated PrM to State Journal. . ; NEW YORK, Jan. 28 The bodies of the two American' victims of the earthquake at . Messina, Italy, Just a month ago today, United 'states Consul Arthur S. Cheney and Mrs. Cheney, arrived in' the harbor tonight, When the Venezla' docks tomorrow, the bodies .will .be escorted by regular troops to the Grand Central station and there embarked for New Haven. Conn!, the home . of the Cheneys, where interment will take place. Count Massiglla, the Italian consul general at New . York, will be one of those to ..receive the bodies at the steamer's dock. He' will lav vrenths on the coffins, a graceful tribute that will be paid at the request of Slgnor mnjw lsvv i-tncneo. ine. iiuan ambassador at Washington. HENRY WHLIAMSHOPES . TO BE DISTRIGT ATTY Ohio State Chairman 1 Wants to Succeed Sherman McPherson Sees , Senator-Elect Burton. - Special Telagram to State Jourroa.1.1 WASHINGTON, Jan. "28. Chairman Henry A. Williams and Secretary Wil llam-H. PhiDDS of the Ohio Renubliean state executive committee, leftnonlght for Co)urhbus after holding conferences with - Senator-elect Burton and other members of the Ohio congressional del egation. Before their departure it was learned that among other matters disc-jssed was the candidacy of Chairman Wil Hams to succeed Sherman McPherson as United States district attorney for the Southern Ohio district.' It is be lieved by the Ohio colony that the chances of Williams, receiving this appointment are excellent. McPherson whose hflmA In In'TViW v,t ... ' . V V IIIO tt( I - pointment to the influence of Senator Foraker, which influence no longer is potent. , 1 - It was said that Secretary Phipps ouiuo nine ngu receivea a tentative or-fer of the appointment to succeed United StAten rnmmisBlnn.. T . ' - J - 111 ' ' ' . illtCI nal Revenue Capers, but declined to uu.inmer Hi x-nipps leit highly flattered by the tender but preferred to remain in Ohio. . . OHIOANS ELECT W.H.TAFT St. Louis Ohio Society Makes Him an Honorary Member. Special Teleirram to State Journal.! , ST LOUIS, Mo., Jan, 28. The fea ture of the thirteenth annual meeting tonight of the Ohio society of St. Louis was the election to honorary membership of President-elect Taft. Mr. Taft- was proposed by his school mate, Charles H. Flach, ex-president of the sopiety, and president of the Missouri Athletic club, at whose club house tonight'B meriting, 1 followed by a dinner, was held. William S. Simpson, the society's nrsi president, who died yesterday, was eulogized in resolutions of con dolence, The secretary's report showed the present ' membership to be 179. Officers were elected as follows; President, John S, Blake; first vice president, -O, A. Orvis; second vice president, Charles L. Schwarzp third vice president, H. P. Fritsch; secretary, Clarence F. Westcoat; treasurer, Austin P. Miller; directors, J.. B. Des-noyers, Joseph McCoy, Dr. R. H. Barnes, C. F. Beardsley and John L. Messmore. . . SIGNS OF EARLY SPRING Grasshoppers, Snakes, Bees and ; Flics Herald Winter's End. - (Special Telegram to State journal. MARION, Jan, 28. Farmers near Mt. Gtlead are today predicting an exceptionally early spring, without . much cold weather, during the . remaining portion of the winter. , While- 'plowing, Louis Stockdale uncovered a colony of large' grasshoppers. On the same day George K. Foye saw a large snake of the arter. 'variety on the highway." and George ' Clark and Wlnfield. Pugh found a 'bee tree" In a woods near Mt, Gllead. TheV hived the bees. Mt. Gllead also reports - bussing tile and everyone is looking for winter's end. 1 1 CRASH AT SEA Each Steamship Co. Blames the Other for the Collision, Off Nantucket. GOING TOO FAST While Star Company Asks $2,- 000,000r-ltalian Would Share Praise. By Aeeoclate4 Prase to Slate Journal. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Just which ship was responsible for the Nantucket collision, in which the White Star liner Republic and the Italian liner Florida figured, and which company shall pay the damages, will be decided by the court of admiralty. Both companies filed cults today. That of the owners of the Republlo claimed damages' of J2.000.000 and re cited In legal form the story of the marvelous sea disaster. The blame for the collision was placed on the Florida and the claim made that the last named ship was going ahead at "an Immoderate rate of speed" .when the crash came.- " ,'- r The owners of the Florida also hied a libel suit and a petition for a limita tion, of , liability against the Florida. The petitioners asked that their-liability, In case the suits are decided against them, be placed at $224,000. the damage value of the Florida. Later the Florida's owners applied for and obtained an order from Judg:e Adams in - the United States circuit court,' staying all suits ' for damages against the steamship Florida, or the ground that the petition for limitation of liability had been filed ahead df the J2.000.000 libel suit of . the Ooeanlc Steamship Navigation company V , - Accusea Republic's Officers. - In their suit proper the Florida owners allege that the collision wasduo to the neglect of the Republic's!Officers. , . k v ' '"""C 'C, B. Richards & Co., agents for the Lloyd -Ital lane line, to which the Florida belongs, believe that Captain Rus-pini, his officers V and crew, should come1 In for. some of the praise that has been bestowed upon the officers of tne Republic. Jn a statement issued tonight they point out the heroism and the act of humanity displayed by Captain Rusplnl, who, despite the fact that his ship was sorely damaged, stood by the Republic for more than" 24 hours, rescuing tne passengers from the Republic and later transferring them to the Baltic when that ship reached the scene. ' The statement is made that had the Baltic not arrived Captain Ruspini wouia successrully have brought his overcrowded vessel Into this port. WIRELESS BIDS OPENED. (WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Following! the achievements of the wireless tele graph In the recent collision between the steamers Republic and Florida, the navy department today opened bids for locating a wireless tower at Washington for communicating with ships at sea, to the distance of 3,000 miles. Sev.en firms offered bids. OHIO DRYS IN INDIANA I Deseperate Efforts to Carry Wayne County Next Week. Spei.ai Telegram to State Journal. . RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 28. In the bitter fight that is being waged in Wayne county to make the county dry under the local option law, residents of Ohio are taking a prominent part. Judge A. Z. Blair of Portsmouth has spoken here once and Vill return next week to speak again. Mayor Brennan of Xenia .has also spoken here and next week John S. Rutledge of Cleve land will come to give his assistance. Seaborn Wright of Georgia, who aided in the Ohio campaign In a number of counties, has also been here. The election will be held Friday, Feb. 6, and the drys are claiming they will carry the county by at least 1800 majority.TWO DEAD IN A CAVE-IN Third Man Fatally Hurt and . Another Slightly Injured. By Aeeoclated, Preae to State Journal. SOUTH BEND, IND., Jan. 28. Two men' lost their lives in a eave-ln on the East Jefferson street sewer extension today and a third is fatally In. jured, a fourth was caught, but man-aged to escape with only slight injuries. The dead- ; Charles Owens. , Charles Paul. . . The Injured: ' ' . Steve Nemeth. , ' John Smith. , .' Columbus' Man Badly Hurt. The first trip of C. Gordon of Columbus, as a brakeman foy the Toledo and Ohio ..Central, nearly 'resulted In, his death Wednesday night, according to a dispatcft from Kellefontalne. He stepped from an engine cab near Zanesneld to throw a switch. In the darkness he- pitched headlong over a trestle Into a ravine 100 feet below. His head was crushed Rnd It is feared he was Internally Injured. He was unconscious when found. Gordon's name could not be found! In the Columbus directory, Dr. Bull Is Going South." ' NEW YORK, Jan, 28.Dr. William T. Bull, the well known surgeon .whoso Illness and gradual betterment from a condition ' Which, because of caAcerous complications, long"-'.seemed hopeless, will leave this city for Savannah, Ga tomorrow morning. Mrs. bum and three physicians will acoompany him. TRIP TO WET TOWN DEAR Piqua Man Breaks Leg and Bystanders Torture Him. (Special Taiearam to State Journal PIQUA. Jan. 28. A trip to Sidney, three pints of whiskey and four brok- j en bones as a result all this happened to Samuel Mart rail. He had gone to Sidney on one car and returned on the next with the whiskey flasks. On arriving at his home he stepped off the sidewalk and fell upon -his right leg In such a peculiar manner as to break both bones Just above the ankle and again just below the knee. Thinking the man merely drunk and not realising that his leg had been crushed to pieces, bystanders amused themselves for two hours throwing the limp leg about just to hear the man, who must have been suffering excruci ating agony, cry out and swear. The police finally arrived and stopped the torture. DEATH INTERVENES TO E Miss Beatrice Belle Brooks, Formerly of Columbus, I3 Dead at Portsmouth. Sweetheart, Who Followed Her from Italy, Unremitting l r in His Attentions. " Death, with unpltylng hand, yesterday intervened to prevent the culmination of a romance, when Beatrice Belle, Brooks, aged 26, formerly of Columbus, died early: yesterday morning at her home in Portsmouth, according to a telegram from that ity, received last night. - The young wbman Is said to have been engaged to marry Prof. Vittorio Falorsi, instructor In languages at O. S U.. a count of Italy who first saw Miss Jjrooks In his native land and followed her to America and to Columbus that he might woo and win her. Cancer of the thjoat was the cause of her death. V . , - . Miss Brooks was the daughter of F. Brooks, one of -the first passenger conddoWr. out f Columbus. vW for a" time.'coriduclef s hotl."Xutiry and later went Into business In Portsmouth, where he died 13 years ago, leaving a lye estate, to his daughter. The latter was educated at Portsmouth and at Harcourt seminary, at Gambler, and afterward went to Florence, Italy, to complete her voice culture. There she met Count Falorsi, who, when she returned to America, followed by the next steamed. Disease Fatal to Both. In December, 1907,! the mother died of cancer of the throat, and the body was brought to America last March, when Miss Brooks returned home, with the same ailment In process-of development. Last summer she went to a Boston hospital, and remained till Oct. 3, when she returned to Portsmouth. Since that time, the period of her constantly Increasing illness, Count Falorsi has gone to Portsmouth each Friday and remained till Monday. It was reported at Portsmouth, yesterday, that all Miss Brooks' estate had been left to him. It is estimated , at not less than $20,000. . WOMAN HUGS HIS HONOR Fair Divorce Suit Defendant "Demonstrates" in Court. Special Telegram to State Journal. CLEVELAND, Jan. 28. Mrs. Sarah Benton of Cedar avenue, Who Is fighting her husband's suit for divorce with a cross petition for alimony, hugged Judge Babcock In court - today, when asked to .demonstrate the physician's method of curing at least one young woman patient by mental suggestion. It was five minutes before order was restored. Judge Babcock was leaning absent-mindedlyon the rail separating the court bench from the witness chair when the witness described a scene she witnessed through the office keyhole.!. . -.. . "You will please demonstrate," suggested Attorney Truhler, with a laugh. "This is the way he did it," she said, and throwing her arm around the Jurist's neck, she attempted to draw his head to her shoulder. . ' Scraps of letters, full of love terms, were produced by the witness. She said she found them In her husband's waste basket. ; MINISTER IS ARRESTED Fostoria Woman Presses Her Charge of Slander. Bpecta.1 Telegram to.fltate'jouriiftl.l FOSTORIA, Jan. 28. Rev. V. P. Welch, against whom Mrs, Alta Earle yesterday brought suit for $10,000, Charging slander, wa. arrested this morning on a crminal charge having the same -basis, the affidavit being brought under section 6823 of the revised statutes, which provides that the crime shall be punishable by Imprisonment of not to exceed six months and a fine of $500 or both. 1 Rev. Welch was arraigned before Squire J. Ross Bradner, , pleaded not guilty and was released upon his own recognizance to appear Monday at 1 o'clock. The attorneys for Rev. Mr. Welch decline to uncover their line of defenfie. - . Mrs. Earle is one of the members of the Apostolic church, who were dismissed by Rev. Mr. Welch some months ago. Saloon Becomes Church, ZANESVILLE, Jan. 21 A deal was completed today' whereby the building and grounds In West Main street, formerly occupied as a saloon and beer frarden, before the city voted dry, were cased by the congregation of the Church of God. The bulldins will '.-. remodeled and occupied as a house of worship, ... T II TO GO SLOWLY IN TAX REFORM Gov. Harmon Wants Administration Only Reformed at " ( . This Time. DEPLORES HASTE Will Discourage Alsdorf 1 and Woods Bills Why Phipps Went East. Governor Harmon will not move fast to bring about taxation reform. He will move, but it will be by taking one! step at a time and not by trying to cover the whole ground In a single Jump. He stood for taxation reform in the fall campaign, and Included 't among the questions he touched upon In his Inaugural address. - In his first message to the general assembly he urged the establishment of a state tax board or commission. But he has no desire to- co-operate with the, legislature at this session in revolutionizing the present tax system. What Governor Harmon wishes to have done now and what he will strive to. have the legislature do at this session, is to reform the administration of the present tax system, but not to reform' the system itself. He resog-nlzes that the system is outworn and needs reforming, but thinks that It can be changed more advantageously next winter. Against Radical Changes.: Therefore he will take a stand against bills pending ana suggested to make radical changes In taxation of franchises and of public utilities. He also Is opposed to combining with the duties of a tax commission the duties of a board of control of public service, corporations or the duties of a franchise granting commission. When he advocated the creation of a tax board he meant merely the unification under one such , board of the work now performed by a number of state tax boards. To this! end he will confer next week with Senatof Alsdorf of Llckina: conntv and Rporeiseatatlv,i Woods tif Mein4.:Truthor-ot the two most-notable bills whlcli have been introduced at this sesnlon on this subject. Both bills seek to- create a tax board, the Woods bill making the tax board, though so named, really a public utility commission with power to control and regulate all public service corporations except steam railroads, while the Alsdorf bill taxes franchises. Could Formulate Policy. In discussing this subject yesterday before leaving for Cincinnati, thenae to go to Philadelphia to speak at the Ohio society banquet, Governor Harmon said the proposed tax board, after a year in office would be able to make valuable suggestions to the legislature regarding progressive legislation, and also would have gained the experience necessary to enable It to put a new taxation system Into opera tion. It would take a board a year to make a thorough study of the work before It. Accordingly, he will endeavor to persuade Senator Alsdorf and Representative Woods to agree to conform their bills to) the recommendations he has made for merely an administrative board to perform the duties of the various state boards of equalization, tax remissions, etc., and to let alone for the present the questions of public service regulation, franchise tax grants and corporate taxation. In so doing the governor will bo acquiescing in the short session program of the Republicans for postponing until the long session all but pressing and emergency matters. Real Cause of the Trip. Information here Is that it was the Woods bill for a combined tax and public service regulative commission that was the main object of the trip of Chairman Henry A. Williams and Secretary William H. Phipps of the Republican state executive committee to Washington to confer with Senator Burton and the Ohio congressmen, an J not the bill by the same author granting Governor Harmon $25,000 with which to Investigate the Republican state officers, as was surmised by Washington correspondents. The fact that Assistant United States Attorney-General Ellis, who was a member of the Ohio tax commission, was a party to conferences held with the' Ohioans yesterday supports the former supposition. It Is believed the Republican state leaders are as mu,ch opposed as Is Governor Harmon to creating at this session a board of control for corporations or to changing this year the present system of excise taxes on public service utilities. On the other hand the belief that the legislature will authorize the probing of state departments is general, and the only difference of opinion is whether the investigating should he done by Governor Harmon or by a bipartisan legislative committee. Both methods are before the legislature in the shape of bills and resolutions. Not After a Job. Those in position to know said yesterday the report that Secretary Phipps was seeking appointment to succeed United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue Capers was wholly Incorrect. Sometime since Chairman Williams denied the report he expected to be named as United States , district judge in place of Judge Sater,- whose appointment never has been confirmed by the senate. : 1 , , J. 'J, Sullivan, the Cleveland banker, who is one of the Democratic trustees of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors' home at Sandusky, yesterday urged Governor Harmon not to rip up that institution when the Democrats secured a majority of the board of trustees.. He wished the officerii of the. home retained, , ,.- ... . Would Burn Constitution. ; ; GUTHRIE, Okla.," Jan, , : 2g. Senator Blafr, In the senate her today, in all S'.flouBness moved that that body burn the constitution (adopted by the state of Oklahoma. ; Ills words created n decided sensation and were followed bv an Immediate adjournment. Senator Blair's remarks followed favornblA balloting on the Thomas, bill which mak It impossible to form new counties. . . ' JOSE MIGUEL GOMEZ. )'. . 1 Ut Inaugurated President of Cuba Yesterday.5 Snow, Sleet and Rain Make Evening in Columbus Streets Unpleasant. Rain Due Today, and Probably Warmer Barometer Goes Very Low. Snow, which turned to eleet and then to rain, began falling over Columbus at 6:30 last night, accompanied by a heavy fall of the barometer, and, strange contradiction, an equally marked fall of temperature. Wednesday night there was a strong high pressure area in the South and an equally strong low north of the Dakotas, but to neither of these was due last night's storm. It was a "little cloud," no bigger than the hand of ,a man," that, like that of the prophet, made all the disturbance. Wednesday night it Was a little weak thing, hardly more than a speck on the wea.tb.er map. In .the form of a low pressure area3n'eiitrl Colorado,' Tw-. tot-day morning . It .Bad spread mightily, and las,t night . it was central et Des Moines, . Ia., - with a barometric fall that exceeedd even the low Columbus reading by nearly an inch. So, a thing inevitable, something had to be' doing in Columbus. Moving Toward Columbus.. From 7 o'clock to 8:30 the barometer went down .09 of an Inch, most of it in the last 10 minutes of the period. In the same time the thermometer fell from 37 to 31 degrees, an almost unprecedented occurrence with the bottom - falling out of the pressure tube. It was ' practically certain, however, that the fall of temperature could not continue, because the storm area was moving toward-Columbus, making almost certain an abnormally low barometer. - Missouri and Illinois had high temperatures and thunderstorms yesterday, and at various points in the West the wind blew as high as 64 miles an hour. Rain fell, as a rule, in the southeast quadrants of the storm area, and snow in the northwest quadrants. Springfield, 111,, had the. record precipitation, with nearly an inch of rain. Omaha had snow equal to .40 of rain, or about-4 inches. Maximum local temperature was 38, minimum , 26 and mean, at 33, was 3 higher than normal, making 'the year's excess of heat 143 degrees. Today's forecast calls for rain, with warmer In eaat portion tomorrow and threatening and colder? with snow in west portion. NEW YORK HAS WINDSTORM. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. High winds today played havoc with new construction. In. the Bronx, the damage was particularly heavy. A three-story frame structure was blown from Its foundation, and the walls of a half finished three-story brick dwelling collapsed. Near by structures were damaged by flying debris. Many suburban buildings had their roofs ripped off. In the harbor numbers of small craft were torn from their moorings and sent adrift. SEVERE STORM IN OKLAHOMA. ENID, 6kla Jan. , ' 28. The most severe wind and i.duststorm in six years prevailed in Northwest Oklahoma this afternoon, causing much damage. At Goltry, 20 miles West of Enid, several business houses Were blown down and 'at Carmen, 40 miles west of here,' flames driven by a fierce wind destroyed half the business houses of the town. CONFESSES BURGLARIES Ohio Youth Caught in Indiana Acknowledges Guilt. Special Teleirram to State Journal.! ' BELLEPONtAINE. '.Jan.28.-KAO-cortllng to advice received tonight by Police' Chief Faulkner from the sheriff at Marlon, Ind., James . Baughman, -19 years of age, .under arrest there, lias confessed to burglaries last Week at Bellefontalne, Zanesfleld and Hunts-ville, all In-this county, and said "his brother, Robert, who is in jail at Piqua, was associated with him In . these crimes as well as In a burglary at Lima. Sunday night and another at Sidney Wednesday night . -Consolation Sot Hoosiers. WASHINGTON", Jaji. 28. Representative James E. Watson of Indiana today extended to Vice President Fairbanks an invitation to give a; "consolation dinner" tb the Republican mem, bera or the Indiana delegation, who were defeated for re-election. Mr. Fairbanks accepted the invitation, eon. tingent upon his dining room table being large enough to seat so many. The dlnntrr will be given some time nsvt week S F1S MANY DBPBISES ES ITS 01 RULE Gov. Magoon Turns Over Gov ernment to President Gomez . and Soon Takes Departure. BIG CELEBRATION Magoon Lays Down Terms of the Transfer and New President Gives His Pledge. Br Aeeoclated Press to State Journall HAVANA. Jan. 28. Major General Jose Miguel Gomes was Inaugurated president of the restored Cuban republic at noon today and within an hour after he had taken the solemn oath of office, administered by the chief Justice of the supreme court, the American officials, who had been in con trol of affairs since the autumn of 1904, had departed from the Island. The American provisional governor. Charles E. Magoon, who escorted General Gomez to the palace and there turned over to him the reins of government, sailed on the new Maine. The Maine was followed out of the harbor by the battleship Mississippi and the army transport McClellan. An immense crowd gathered along the sea aljs to witness the spectacle, and a perfect swarm of yachts, tuga and small boats accompanied the ships to the open sea. A Cuban gunboat ac companied them' some little distance with a band on board playing from time to time the Cuban national anthem. Large Cuban Hags flew frorti the foremasts , of the battleships and transport... ' . Earlier in the day. when Governor Magoon and President-elect Gomes were seated side by lde in the carriage en route to the palace In the wakg of galloping escort of , rural guards or native cavalry, hats yre lifted, as the carriage swept by and the salutes' were returned in the same manner by , the. gawewjot , And , - General Gqjnee. ..; ,;:' " , ; v :f4: knight the- city 4s. brilliantly jjlum,. inated and the streets, parks and Waterfront congested with the outpouring of people. The palace -and other public buildings are aflame with electric bulbs. The decorations on the buildings everywhere are most elaborate, being composed chiefly of Cuban and Spanish flags. , , 30C0 Troops Still on Island. The departure of Governor Magoon and the military officers who served as advisers to the native officials during the period of Intervention leaves about 3000 troops still on the islands, under command of Major General Thomas L, Barry. These will be returned to the United States as fast as the transport service . will permit, the last of the troops leaving on April 1. T Cuba begins her new period of inde pendence under conditions which seem as propitious as could be evoked. Peace reigns and no disturbing element Is anywhere in evidenoe. President Gome goes into power as the overwhelming choice of the people. It is believed that the people will reallue their opportunity and endeavor to make their second attempt at self-government a' lasting success. General Gomez was one of the leaders of the revolution against President Estrada Palma, but he now seems popular with all classes. American control of affairs has been sharply criticised from time to time, and Governor Magoon has been widely cartooned, but the authorities sent by Washington have endeavored to build up the island and have spent money freely on goods roads and public improvements of Various sorts. As a result of this, however, they have left a comparatively empty treasury. - The island is prosperous and the revenues are Increasing steadily. . Inauguration day was brilliant with sunshine. The day marks the anniversary of the birth of Jose Marti, called "the apostle of Cuban liberty," and the ceremonies began at 9 in the morning with the placing of a wreath on the memorial tablet on the house where he was born. : At 11 o'clock Alfredo Zayas was inducted into office as vice president. - , ,1 . When nnvernnr fa trnnn nr. A t. president-elect arrived at the latter's residence the reception hall of the palace was crowdedto its full capacity witn oruuantiy unitormect diplomatic! representatives and army officers, 'hluplr-crrtwriprl tllfttlnna r,f tha fotir,,mA court and conventionally attired civil ians. '.. ..- . , It was Just after the hour of noon when General Gomez stepped out on the palace balcony on the second floor, accompanied1 by Governor Magoon and the supreme court justices. The rtrnwd cheered him heftrtilv nnil thon read the oath of office ' and General uomez, in a voice naraiy auaime to the throng below, pledged himself faith-fiillv to hold and defend the Inwa anA the constitution. Magoon Reads Final Deorea. ,'V T-tio now ltreRlrlpnf- flTthrtno-h a mal general, was attired In a plain frock c:oat. Xl uiwuc tv acru ui a tew worus from the balcony and then,, as the palaoe, where Governor Magoon read Kia Anal I ma anil iha t' i In.t... . rfrom Washington, authorising him to turn over tne laiana anans to Tesi- ilanf nnmnw nnrl tho . vwinnaaa .. General Gomez read his reply In Span.-' ish. . j ' .' .-.."-.,",' The address of Governor. Magoon Is considered an utterance of the v first importance, inasmuch as it seta forth . clearly and unmistakably the terms,: under which the president and gov- ,.1'nrfifmt. nf the TTnlted Klar!l turn nvn, . to the republic of Cuba the admlniHtra tion 01 tne government or tne isiana.-Governor Magoon's address was In ilio form of a letter slo-ned hv him nn,l addressed to the president and con gross or tne repuonc or uuna. which, after he had read it, he handed to President Gomez, saying he did so pursuant to the direction of I'.ie president of the United Btates. ' . After "stating that " by direction' of the president that ho relinquished t rresioeni itmues inn power ana authority w lilch had bfen hM" and exercised by him. Governor Magoon ! 1 f

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Criticizing the political trend of the convention of the United 'Mine Workers of America, James Mooney of Missouri, a member of the national executive hoard of the organization, In a speech at the convention today, offered a resolution protesting to congress against a repeal of the tariff on 'coal. He said: "The other day you committed this convention to Populism when you rec om mended the Issue of currency Instead of bonds for payment of the expense of deepening' waterways. : Now you have committed it to Socialism by adopting a resolution declaring for public ownership of public" .utilities. If you protest against the renewal of the duty on coal, you commit us to Republicanism, and if this happens , I . shall Introduce something that shall . commit you to Bryanism. . j , . "' ' , The, tariff resolution was intended as a. measure of local protection of miners of the Northwest, and several pf their representatives spoke for it, Many other speeches were made against the convention's taking any action in the matter of turiff revision, the reason be-. , tt . - . S"at organization embraced the intAsts of many sections of not -only the- United States but also of Canada, and that Its International character should fprbid. Its taking part in. tariff adjustment -that might Injure some of its members while it benefited others, At the afternoon session a dispute arose n the course of discusslori of the use of, a new high-: poller explosive called carbonite or tnavaerite,' in- the coal mines, ,-. President , Feehan of the Pittsburg district charged that ha had been Ignored by the national executive board when he had asked to be notified of its next meeting, so that he might present the danger of the use of the new explosive, It was intimated that the question was an acute one and that strikes might result if an early solution : of - the problem were not arrived at. ,j- r. -i- 7 ' ., ,j . : .' Resolution Voted Down. : The resolution to protest against the repeal of the tariff on coal was defeated. . . ' 'i.. ;. v! - .s '-' A resolution was adopted advocating woman's, suffrage-and calling upon congress to pass an amendment to the constitution "to be submitted to the legislature of the several states for ratification; prohibiting the disfranchisement of United States citizens on ac- CJjSEtvpf . sex." .:; !.... '',:.- s?.... "Uttort to amend a resolution rec-ommeding state boards of examination and registration of miners, so that only miners actually working "in the pit" should be eligible as examiners, thus precluding J appointment of mine superintendents or others that might be influenced to the advantage "of owners In case of strikes, failed, though President Lewis and John Walker, his rival for the presidency, both spoke In favor of such a Qualification. , . s Socialist Element Wins. ' : After a . ten years,' - struggle, the Socialists among the membership of the United Mine Workers of America, have at last obtained the balance of power in the annual national convention. It la estimated that 300 of the 1400 delegates are either active Socialists or have engaged to support measures of socialistic tendency In the convention. A resolution .for the '.'public ownership of "public utilities," was adopted by the convention without a dissenting vote, In the past, the, .leaders have been able to prevent the national organization from committing itself, to socialistic doctrines, but that time Is past, and President Lewis finds a rival for his office in John Walker of Illinois, who is a professed Socialist. Mr. Lewis and his , supporters,- the conservative party in the convention, on the eve of factional strife that threatens their regime, seem to have decided that it inw would be bad politics to antagonize jnJrrMig an influence as the Socialists Th Conservatives and. the Socialists have Aunltcd in defeating resolutions recommending the Institution of an 1 independent labor party. A resolution, recommending that the Tnlnnrti) ahoulH he active In nolmra nnil try to have elected 'to state legislatures' and to congress, men whose sympathies are publicly known to- bo with the working class, was enthusiastically adopted . -. : ,- ,-r Lewis Probable Wjnnsr. It .seems probable that the convention will continue until the latter part of next week. .Though the tellers of the ballots cast for national officers are using six voting machines in tabulating, -it is not expected that theycan announce- the -result o." the count before Saturday. A statement, said by President Lewis' friends to be authori tative,? was. given out , that-, the count had proceeded far enough to show that Lewis' majority. ?over his . opponent, John Walker, would bj from 15.000 to 20,000. The Walker party Is preparing material with a view of contesting the election on charges of Irregularity in the polling in some districts last December; Mr. Walker's friends generally acknowledge - that on its face the resujt,nf the ballot counting will show a fnlfjrlty fop Lewis. . r i Suicide Feared Insanity. MARION, Jitn, S8. It developed tonight that L, C. Sivey,: the Union coun-ty farmer who committed suiolds yesterday, oommitted the deed 'because he wss' Informed by' iphyslcians that ha would oon become Insane., A number of years ago he received a blow on the head, shattering part of "the skull. An operation gave r- temporary relief, but recently thpb!d wound patnrd him ? ready, causing ni nervoi t'onriltlon, (e whs on of Union county's wealthiest men. v , THE UPLIFT Oh - 'Tver - - w.hk EXPECT WITNESSES TO SUPPLY FACTS Senate Committee Consider It Useless to Ask President for ' ; Merger Details. ; . Bonaparte Gives Out Correspondence With Senate Com- . . mittee on the Subject . (Sptclal 3"leitrmi tn stt Janrnil.J WASHINGTON.- Jan. 3$. F'lpwjng a conference todays between Attorney General Bonaparte and Chairman Clark K the . senate committee, Hhe attorney general, gave , .out the , correspondence between ;hlmself and, the J committee regarding the alleged merger .of, the Tennessee Coal and Iron company and the United States Steel corporation.: Answering the . committee's invitation to appear before it. Attorney General. Bonaparte wrote on Jan. 20: "Imperative, official engagements make it difficult for me to be present at the time mentioned, and I think I can render . all the assistance, which Is in. my power, to the' committee by transmitting to you in this letter a statement of -the ( facts as known to this department." Bonaparte calls . attention , to the president's message on the subject and says he advised the president that the "transaction standing alone . did not constitute a violation-of the anti-trust law, and that the president's course was strictly appropriate under the law." . :: ': ' '.'"",- The letter; "closes with a" statement that the department of Justice has always been ready tq prosecute , the United Stales Steel corporation or any other corporation or -individual for anything which did constitute a vio lation of the law as understood by the department. : ,,, .. , ., , Could Not Get to Sea Reoords.-The attorney general ' points out further that information procured under the department of commerce and labor act provides that the president alone shall determine how much information thus obtained shall be made public, and cites instances, the Beef and Tobacco trust cases, In which he says he himself could not gain access to the records in the commissioner of corporation's custody. . Responsibility for bringing out evU dence relating' to the merger has been thrown upon Senator Culberson by his colleagues on the special committee. The resolution' providing for the In quiry was introduced by Mr. Culber son, .'. -v..' - ; .- .,. .. Oaklelgh Thorn, president ' of the Trust Company of America, will voluntarily go before the. committee following a communication, which he sent to Mr. Culberson giving many details,, of the ownership of stock of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, prior to Its sale to the steel corporation In November last. ' .... . - Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor has been asked to furnish to the committee the data concerning the merger,-which was ob tained by Commissioner Smith of the bureau of corporations, and the reply has been received that the files are now in possession of President Roosevelt, to whom the request should be directed. Tlie members of the committee realize the utter futility of asking the president to send the information and will depend upon witnesses from New York to supply evidence. . CRIME STILL A MYSTERY Suspects in Dayton Murder Case ' Allowed Their Freedom. , , Special Ttlogram to State Journal.- DAYTON, Jan. 28.t-The release by the police today of El wood .Welmer and Charles Bynder, held as suspects In connection with the murder " of Mary Forschner Saturday night leaves the police as helpless and as ignorant of the Identity of the murderer as on tiie morning of the discovery of the drad girl. The police . now have but one person In mind and that Is the mysterious six footer , whose wherer abouts ere stll) unknown although a strenuous effort Is being made to lo cate him. '.;! --v. .y-.!.:., ..t. - The police In the meantime receive dally score of letters from ' cranks, suggesting Clews and offering advltid, and many of these have been run down without throwing a ray of light on the i perpetrator of the crime. Coroner Swisher will .begin his formal inquiry Monday. , , ; IS IT .THE WO THE DRAMA! ER m - -- of HtvJ MAN'S FAULT? CHENEY BODIES , ARRIVE Italian Consul General Will Lay I Wreaths on the Coffins."' By Associated PrM to State Journal. . ; NEW YORK, Jan. 28 The bodies of the two American' victims of the earthquake at . Messina, Italy, Just a month ago today, United 'states Consul Arthur S. Cheney and Mrs. Cheney, arrived in' the harbor tonight, When the Venezla' docks tomorrow, the bodies .will .be escorted by regular troops to the Grand Central station and there embarked for New Haven. Conn!, the home . of the Cheneys, where interment will take place. Count Massiglla, the Italian consul general at New . York, will be one of those to ..receive the bodies at the steamer's dock. He' will lav vrenths on the coffins, a graceful tribute that will be paid at the request of Slgnor mnjw lsvv i-tncneo. ine. iiuan ambassador at Washington. HENRY WHLIAMSHOPES . TO BE DISTRIGT ATTY Ohio State Chairman 1 Wants to Succeed Sherman McPherson Sees , Senator-Elect Burton. - Special Telagram to State Jourroa.1.1 WASHINGTON, Jan. "28. Chairman Henry A. Williams and Secretary Wil llam-H. PhiDDS of the Ohio Renubliean state executive committee, leftnonlght for Co)urhbus after holding conferences with - Senator-elect Burton and other members of the Ohio congressional del egation. Before their departure it was learned that among other matters disc-jssed was the candidacy of Chairman Wil Hams to succeed Sherman McPherson as United States district attorney for the Southern Ohio district.' It is be lieved by the Ohio colony that the chances of Williams, receiving this appointment are excellent. McPherson whose hflmA In In'TViW v,t ... ' . V V IIIO tt( I - pointment to the influence of Senator Foraker, which influence no longer is potent. , 1 - It was said that Secretary Phipps ouiuo nine ngu receivea a tentative or-fer of the appointment to succeed United StAten rnmmisBlnn.. T . ' - J - 111 ' ' ' . illtCI nal Revenue Capers, but declined to uu.inmer Hi x-nipps leit highly flattered by the tender but preferred to remain in Ohio. . . OHIOANS ELECT W.H.TAFT St. Louis Ohio Society Makes Him an Honorary Member. Special Teleirram to State Journal.! , ST LOUIS, Mo., Jan, 28. The fea ture of the thirteenth annual meeting tonight of the Ohio society of St. Louis was the election to honorary membership of President-elect Taft. Mr. Taft- was proposed by his school mate, Charles H. Flach, ex-president of the sopiety, and president of the Missouri Athletic club, at whose club house tonight'B meriting, 1 followed by a dinner, was held. William S. Simpson, the society's nrsi president, who died yesterday, was eulogized in resolutions of con dolence, The secretary's report showed the present ' membership to be 179. Officers were elected as follows; President, John S, Blake; first vice president, -O, A. Orvis; second vice president, Charles L. Schwarzp third vice president, H. P. Fritsch; secretary, Clarence F. Westcoat; treasurer, Austin P. Miller; directors, J.. B. Des-noyers, Joseph McCoy, Dr. R. H. Barnes, C. F. Beardsley and John L. Messmore. . . SIGNS OF EARLY SPRING Grasshoppers, Snakes, Bees and ; Flics Herald Winter's End. - (Special Telegram to State journal. MARION, Jan, 28. Farmers near Mt. Gtlead are today predicting an exceptionally early spring, without . much cold weather, during the . remaining portion of the winter. , While- 'plowing, Louis Stockdale uncovered a colony of large' grasshoppers. On the same day George K. Foye saw a large snake of the arter. 'variety on the highway." and George ' Clark and Wlnfield. Pugh found a 'bee tree" In a woods near Mt, Gllead. TheV hived the bees. Mt. Gllead also reports - bussing tile and everyone is looking for winter's end. 1 1 CRASH AT SEA Each Steamship Co. Blames the Other for the Collision, Off Nantucket. GOING TOO FAST While Star Company Asks $2,- 000,000r-ltalian Would Share Praise. By Aeeoclate4 Prase to Slate Journal. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Just which ship was responsible for the Nantucket collision, in which the White Star liner Republic and the Italian liner Florida figured, and which company shall pay the damages, will be decided by the court of admiralty. Both companies filed cults today. That of the owners of the Republlo claimed damages' of J2.000.000 and re cited In legal form the story of the marvelous sea disaster. The blame for the collision was placed on the Florida and the claim made that the last named ship was going ahead at "an Immoderate rate of speed" .when the crash came.- " ,'- r The owners of the Florida also hied a libel suit and a petition for a limita tion, of , liability against the Florida. The petitioners asked that their-liability, In case the suits are decided against them, be placed at $224,000. the damage value of the Florida. Later the Florida's owners applied for and obtained an order from Judg:e Adams in - the United States circuit court,' staying all suits ' for damages against the steamship Florida, or the ground that the petition for limitation of liability had been filed ahead df the J2.000.000 libel suit of . the Ooeanlc Steamship Navigation company V , - Accusea Republic's Officers. - In their suit proper the Florida owners allege that the collision wasduo to the neglect of the Republic's!Officers. , . k v ' '"""C 'C, B. Richards & Co., agents for the Lloyd -Ital lane line, to which the Florida belongs, believe that Captain Rus-pini, his officers V and crew, should come1 In for. some of the praise that has been bestowed upon the officers of tne Republic. Jn a statement issued tonight they point out the heroism and the act of humanity displayed by Captain Rusplnl, who, despite the fact that his ship was sorely damaged, stood by the Republic for more than" 24 hours, rescuing tne passengers from the Republic and later transferring them to the Baltic when that ship reached the scene. ' The statement is made that had the Baltic not arrived Captain Ruspini wouia successrully have brought his overcrowded vessel Into this port. WIRELESS BIDS OPENED. (WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Following! the achievements of the wireless tele graph In the recent collision between the steamers Republic and Florida, the navy department today opened bids for locating a wireless tower at Washington for communicating with ships at sea, to the distance of 3,000 miles. Sev.en firms offered bids. OHIO DRYS IN INDIANA I Deseperate Efforts to Carry Wayne County Next Week. Spei.ai Telegram to State Journal. . RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 28. In the bitter fight that is being waged in Wayne county to make the county dry under the local option law, residents of Ohio are taking a prominent part. Judge A. Z. Blair of Portsmouth has spoken here once and Vill return next week to speak again. Mayor Brennan of Xenia .has also spoken here and next week John S. Rutledge of Cleve land will come to give his assistance. Seaborn Wright of Georgia, who aided in the Ohio campaign In a number of counties, has also been here. The election will be held Friday, Feb. 6, and the drys are claiming they will carry the county by at least 1800 majority.TWO DEAD IN A CAVE-IN Third Man Fatally Hurt and . Another Slightly Injured. By Aeeoclated, Preae to State Journal. SOUTH BEND, IND., Jan. 28. Two men' lost their lives in a eave-ln on the East Jefferson street sewer extension today and a third is fatally In. jured, a fourth was caught, but man-aged to escape with only slight injuries. The dead- ; Charles Owens. , Charles Paul. . . The Injured: ' ' . Steve Nemeth. , ' John Smith. , .' Columbus' Man Badly Hurt. The first trip of C. Gordon of Columbus, as a brakeman foy the Toledo and Ohio ..Central, nearly 'resulted In, his death Wednesday night, according to a dispatcft from Kellefontalne. He stepped from an engine cab near Zanesneld to throw a switch. In the darkness he- pitched headlong over a trestle Into a ravine 100 feet below. His head was crushed Rnd It is feared he was Internally Injured. He was unconscious when found. Gordon's name could not be found! In the Columbus directory, Dr. Bull Is Going South." ' NEW YORK, Jan, 28.Dr. William T. Bull, the well known surgeon .whoso Illness and gradual betterment from a condition ' Which, because of caAcerous complications, long"-'.seemed hopeless, will leave this city for Savannah, Ga tomorrow morning. Mrs. bum and three physicians will acoompany him. TRIP TO WET TOWN DEAR Piqua Man Breaks Leg and Bystanders Torture Him. (Special Taiearam to State Journal PIQUA. Jan. 28. A trip to Sidney, three pints of whiskey and four brok- j en bones as a result all this happened to Samuel Mart rail. He had gone to Sidney on one car and returned on the next with the whiskey flasks. On arriving at his home he stepped off the sidewalk and fell upon -his right leg In such a peculiar manner as to break both bones Just above the ankle and again just below the knee. Thinking the man merely drunk and not realising that his leg had been crushed to pieces, bystanders amused themselves for two hours throwing the limp leg about just to hear the man, who must have been suffering excruci ating agony, cry out and swear. The police finally arrived and stopped the torture. DEATH INTERVENES TO E Miss Beatrice Belle Brooks, Formerly of Columbus, I3 Dead at Portsmouth. Sweetheart, Who Followed Her from Italy, Unremitting l r in His Attentions. " Death, with unpltylng hand, yesterday intervened to prevent the culmination of a romance, when Beatrice Belle, Brooks, aged 26, formerly of Columbus, died early: yesterday morning at her home in Portsmouth, according to a telegram from that ity, received last night. - The young wbman Is said to have been engaged to marry Prof. Vittorio Falorsi, instructor In languages at O. S U.. a count of Italy who first saw Miss Jjrooks In his native land and followed her to America and to Columbus that he might woo and win her. Cancer of the thjoat was the cause of her death. V . , - . Miss Brooks was the daughter of F. Brooks, one of -the first passenger conddoWr. out f Columbus. vW for a" time.'coriduclef s hotl."Xutiry and later went Into business In Portsmouth, where he died 13 years ago, leaving a lye estate, to his daughter. The latter was educated at Portsmouth and at Harcourt seminary, at Gambler, and afterward went to Florence, Italy, to complete her voice culture. There she met Count Falorsi, who, when she returned to America, followed by the next steamed. Disease Fatal to Both. In December, 1907,! the mother died of cancer of the throat, and the body was brought to America last March, when Miss Brooks returned home, with the same ailment In process-of development. Last summer she went to a Boston hospital, and remained till Oct. 3, when she returned to Portsmouth. Since that time, the period of her constantly Increasing illness, Count Falorsi has gone to Portsmouth each Friday and remained till Monday. It was reported at Portsmouth, yesterday, that all Miss Brooks' estate had been left to him. It is estimated , at not less than $20,000. . WOMAN HUGS HIS HONOR Fair Divorce Suit Defendant "Demonstrates" in Court. Special Telegram to State Journal. CLEVELAND, Jan. 28. Mrs. Sarah Benton of Cedar avenue, Who Is fighting her husband's suit for divorce with a cross petition for alimony, hugged Judge Babcock In court - today, when asked to .demonstrate the physician's method of curing at least one young woman patient by mental suggestion. It was five minutes before order was restored. Judge Babcock was leaning absent-mindedlyon the rail separating the court bench from the witness chair when the witness described a scene she witnessed through the office keyhole.!. . -.. . "You will please demonstrate," suggested Attorney Truhler, with a laugh. "This is the way he did it," she said, and throwing her arm around the Jurist's neck, she attempted to draw his head to her shoulder. . ' Scraps of letters, full of love terms, were produced by the witness. She said she found them In her husband's waste basket. ; MINISTER IS ARRESTED Fostoria Woman Presses Her Charge of Slander. Bpecta.1 Telegram to.fltate'jouriiftl.l FOSTORIA, Jan. 28. Rev. V. P. Welch, against whom Mrs, Alta Earle yesterday brought suit for $10,000, Charging slander, wa. arrested this morning on a crminal charge having the same -basis, the affidavit being brought under section 6823 of the revised statutes, which provides that the crime shall be punishable by Imprisonment of not to exceed six months and a fine of $500 or both. 1 Rev. Welch was arraigned before Squire J. Ross Bradner, , pleaded not guilty and was released upon his own recognizance to appear Monday at 1 o'clock. The attorneys for Rev. Mr. Welch decline to uncover their line of defenfie. - . Mrs. Earle is one of the members of the Apostolic church, who were dismissed by Rev. Mr. Welch some months ago. Saloon Becomes Church, ZANESVILLE, Jan. 21 A deal was completed today' whereby the building and grounds In West Main street, formerly occupied as a saloon and beer frarden, before the city voted dry, were cased by the congregation of the Church of God. The bulldins will '.-. remodeled and occupied as a house of worship, ... T II TO GO SLOWLY IN TAX REFORM Gov. Harmon Wants Administration Only Reformed at " ( . This Time. DEPLORES HASTE Will Discourage Alsdorf 1 and Woods Bills Why Phipps Went East. Governor Harmon will not move fast to bring about taxation reform. He will move, but it will be by taking one! step at a time and not by trying to cover the whole ground In a single Jump. He stood for taxation reform in the fall campaign, and Included 't among the questions he touched upon In his Inaugural address. - In his first message to the general assembly he urged the establishment of a state tax board or commission. But he has no desire to- co-operate with the, legislature at this session in revolutionizing the present tax system. What Governor Harmon wishes to have done now and what he will strive to. have the legislature do at this session, is to reform the administration of the present tax system, but not to reform' the system itself. He resog-nlzes that the system is outworn and needs reforming, but thinks that It can be changed more advantageously next winter. Against Radical Changes.: Therefore he will take a stand against bills pending ana suggested to make radical changes In taxation of franchises and of public utilities. He also Is opposed to combining with the duties of a tax commission the duties of a board of control of public service, corporations or the duties of a franchise granting commission. When he advocated the creation of a tax board he meant merely the unification under one such , board of the work now performed by a number of state tax boards. To this! end he will confer next week with Senatof Alsdorf of Llckina: conntv and Rporeiseatatlv,i Woods tif Mein4.:Truthor-ot the two most-notable bills whlcli have been introduced at this sesnlon on this subject. Both bills seek to- create a tax board, the Woods bill making the tax board, though so named, really a public utility commission with power to control and regulate all public service corporations except steam railroads, while the Alsdorf bill taxes franchises. Could Formulate Policy. In discussing this subject yesterday before leaving for Cincinnati, thenae to go to Philadelphia to speak at the Ohio society banquet, Governor Harmon said the proposed tax board, after a year in office would be able to make valuable suggestions to the legislature regarding progressive legislation, and also would have gained the experience necessary to enable It to put a new taxation system Into opera tion. It would take a board a year to make a thorough study of the work before It. Accordingly, he will endeavor to persuade Senator Alsdorf and Representative Woods to agree to conform their bills to) the recommendations he has made for merely an administrative board to perform the duties of the various state boards of equalization, tax remissions, etc., and to let alone for the present the questions of public service regulation, franchise tax grants and corporate taxation. In so doing the governor will bo acquiescing in the short session program of the Republicans for postponing until the long session all but pressing and emergency matters. Real Cause of the Trip. Information here Is that it was the Woods bill for a combined tax and public service regulative commission that was the main object of the trip of Chairman Henry A. Williams and Secretary William H. Phipps of the Republican state executive committee to Washington to confer with Senator Burton and the Ohio congressmen, an J not the bill by the same author granting Governor Harmon $25,000 with which to Investigate the Republican state officers, as was surmised by Washington correspondents. The fact that Assistant United States Attorney-General Ellis, who was a member of the Ohio tax commission, was a party to conferences held with the' Ohioans yesterday supports the former supposition. It Is believed the Republican state leaders are as mu,ch opposed as Is Governor Harmon to creating at this session a board of control for corporations or to changing this year the present system of excise taxes on public service utilities. On the other hand the belief that the legislature will authorize the probing of state departments is general, and the only difference of opinion is whether the investigating should he done by Governor Harmon or by a bipartisan legislative committee. Both methods are before the legislature in the shape of bills and resolutions. Not After a Job. Those in position to know said yesterday the report that Secretary Phipps was seeking appointment to succeed United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue Capers was wholly Incorrect. Sometime since Chairman Williams denied the report he expected to be named as United States , district judge in place of Judge Sater,- whose appointment never has been confirmed by the senate. : 1 , , J. 'J, Sullivan, the Cleveland banker, who is one of the Democratic trustees of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors' home at Sandusky, yesterday urged Governor Harmon not to rip up that institution when the Democrats secured a majority of the board of trustees.. He wished the officerii of the. home retained, , ,.- ... . Would Burn Constitution. ; ; GUTHRIE, Okla.," Jan, , : 2g. Senator Blafr, In the senate her today, in all S'.flouBness moved that that body burn the constitution (adopted by the state of Oklahoma. ; Ills words created n decided sensation and were followed bv an Immediate adjournment. Senator Blair's remarks followed favornblA balloting on the Thomas, bill which mak It impossible to form new counties. . . ' JOSE MIGUEL GOMEZ. )'. . 1 Ut Inaugurated President of Cuba Yesterday.5 Snow, Sleet and Rain Make Evening in Columbus Streets Unpleasant. Rain Due Today, and Probably Warmer Barometer Goes Very Low. Snow, which turned to eleet and then to rain, began falling over Columbus at 6:30 last night, accompanied by a heavy fall of the barometer, and, strange contradiction, an equally marked fall of temperature. Wednesday night there was a strong high pressure area in the South and an equally strong low north of the Dakotas, but to neither of these was due last night's storm. It was a "little cloud," no bigger than the hand of ,a man," that, like that of the prophet, made all the disturbance. Wednesday night it Was a little weak thing, hardly more than a speck on the wea.tb.er map. In .the form of a low pressure area3n'eiitrl Colorado,' Tw-. tot-day morning . It .Bad spread mightily, and las,t night . it was central et Des Moines, . Ia., - with a barometric fall that exceeedd even the low Columbus reading by nearly an inch. So, a thing inevitable, something had to be' doing in Columbus. Moving Toward Columbus.. From 7 o'clock to 8:30 the barometer went down .09 of an Inch, most of it in the last 10 minutes of the period. In the same time the thermometer fell from 37 to 31 degrees, an almost unprecedented occurrence with the bottom - falling out of the pressure tube. It was ' practically certain, however, that the fall of temperature could not continue, because the storm area was moving toward-Columbus, making almost certain an abnormally low barometer. - Missouri and Illinois had high temperatures and thunderstorms yesterday, and at various points in the West the wind blew as high as 64 miles an hour. Rain fell, as a rule, in the southeast quadrants of the storm area, and snow in the northwest quadrants. Springfield, 111,, had the. record precipitation, with nearly an inch of rain. Omaha had snow equal to .40 of rain, or about-4 inches. Maximum local temperature was 38, minimum , 26 and mean, at 33, was 3 higher than normal, making 'the year's excess of heat 143 degrees. Today's forecast calls for rain, with warmer In eaat portion tomorrow and threatening and colder? with snow in west portion. NEW YORK HAS WINDSTORM. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. High winds today played havoc with new construction. In. the Bronx, the damage was particularly heavy. A three-story frame structure was blown from Its foundation, and the walls of a half finished three-story brick dwelling collapsed. Near by structures were damaged by flying debris. Many suburban buildings had their roofs ripped off. In the harbor numbers of small craft were torn from their moorings and sent adrift. SEVERE STORM IN OKLAHOMA. ENID, 6kla Jan. , ' 28. The most severe wind and i.duststorm in six years prevailed in Northwest Oklahoma this afternoon, causing much damage. At Goltry, 20 miles West of Enid, several business houses Were blown down and 'at Carmen, 40 miles west of here,' flames driven by a fierce wind destroyed half the business houses of the town. CONFESSES BURGLARIES Ohio Youth Caught in Indiana Acknowledges Guilt. Special Teleirram to State Journal.! ' BELLEPONtAINE. '.Jan.28.-KAO-cortllng to advice received tonight by Police' Chief Faulkner from the sheriff at Marlon, Ind., James . Baughman, -19 years of age, .under arrest there, lias confessed to burglaries last Week at Bellefontalne, Zanesfleld and Hunts-ville, all In-this county, and said "his brother, Robert, who is in jail at Piqua, was associated with him In . these crimes as well as In a burglary at Lima. Sunday night and another at Sidney Wednesday night . -Consolation Sot Hoosiers. WASHINGTON", Jaji. 28. Representative James E. Watson of Indiana today extended to Vice President Fairbanks an invitation to give a; "consolation dinner" tb the Republican mem, bera or the Indiana delegation, who were defeated for re-election. Mr. Fairbanks accepted the invitation, eon. tingent upon his dining room table being large enough to seat so many. The dlnntrr will be given some time nsvt week S F1S MANY DBPBISES ES ITS 01 RULE Gov. Magoon Turns Over Gov ernment to President Gomez . and Soon Takes Departure. BIG CELEBRATION Magoon Lays Down Terms of the Transfer and New President Gives His Pledge. Br Aeeoclated Press to State Journall HAVANA. Jan. 28. Major General Jose Miguel Gomes was Inaugurated president of the restored Cuban republic at noon today and within an hour after he had taken the solemn oath of office, administered by the chief Justice of the supreme court, the American officials, who had been in con trol of affairs since the autumn of 1904, had departed from the Island. The American provisional governor. Charles E. Magoon, who escorted General Gomez to the palace and there turned over to him the reins of government, sailed on the new Maine. The Maine was followed out of the harbor by the battleship Mississippi and the army transport McClellan. An immense crowd gathered along the sea aljs to witness the spectacle, and a perfect swarm of yachts, tuga and small boats accompanied the ships to the open sea. A Cuban gunboat ac companied them' some little distance with a band on board playing from time to time the Cuban national anthem. Large Cuban Hags flew frorti the foremasts , of the battleships and transport... ' . Earlier in the day. when Governor Magoon and President-elect Gomes were seated side by lde in the carriage en route to the palace In the wakg of galloping escort of , rural guards or native cavalry, hats yre lifted, as the carriage swept by and the salutes' were returned in the same manner by , the. gawewjot , And , - General Gqjnee. ..; ,;:' " , ; v :f4: knight the- city 4s. brilliantly jjlum,. inated and the streets, parks and Waterfront congested with the outpouring of people. The palace -and other public buildings are aflame with electric bulbs. The decorations on the buildings everywhere are most elaborate, being composed chiefly of Cuban and Spanish flags. , , 30C0 Troops Still on Island. The departure of Governor Magoon and the military officers who served as advisers to the native officials during the period of Intervention leaves about 3000 troops still on the islands, under command of Major General Thomas L, Barry. These will be returned to the United States as fast as the transport service . will permit, the last of the troops leaving on April 1. T Cuba begins her new period of inde pendence under conditions which seem as propitious as could be evoked. Peace reigns and no disturbing element Is anywhere in evidenoe. President Gome goes into power as the overwhelming choice of the people. It is believed that the people will reallue their opportunity and endeavor to make their second attempt at self-government a' lasting success. General Gomez was one of the leaders of the revolution against President Estrada Palma, but he now seems popular with all classes. American control of affairs has been sharply criticised from time to time, and Governor Magoon has been widely cartooned, but the authorities sent by Washington have endeavored to build up the island and have spent money freely on goods roads and public improvements of Various sorts. As a result of this, however, they have left a comparatively empty treasury. - The island is prosperous and the revenues are Increasing steadily. . Inauguration day was brilliant with sunshine. The day marks the anniversary of the birth of Jose Marti, called "the apostle of Cuban liberty," and the ceremonies began at 9 in the morning with the placing of a wreath on the memorial tablet on the house where he was born. : At 11 o'clock Alfredo Zayas was inducted into office as vice president. - , ,1 . When nnvernnr fa trnnn nr. A t. president-elect arrived at the latter's residence the reception hall of the palace was crowdedto its full capacity witn oruuantiy unitormect diplomatic! representatives and army officers, 'hluplr-crrtwriprl tllfttlnna r,f tha fotir,,mA court and conventionally attired civil ians. '.. ..- . , It was Just after the hour of noon when General Gomez stepped out on the palace balcony on the second floor, accompanied1 by Governor Magoon and the supreme court justices. The rtrnwd cheered him heftrtilv nnil thon read the oath of office ' and General uomez, in a voice naraiy auaime to the throng below, pledged himself faith-fiillv to hold and defend the Inwa anA the constitution. Magoon Reads Final Deorea. ,'V T-tio now ltreRlrlpnf- flTthrtno-h a mal general, was attired In a plain frock c:oat. Xl uiwuc tv acru ui a tew worus from the balcony and then,, as the palaoe, where Governor Magoon read Kia Anal I ma anil iha t' i In.t... . rfrom Washington, authorising him to turn over tne laiana anans to Tesi- ilanf nnmnw nnrl tho . vwinnaaa .. General Gomez read his reply In Span.-' ish. . j ' .' .-.."-.,",' The address of Governor. Magoon Is considered an utterance of the v first importance, inasmuch as it seta forth . clearly and unmistakably the terms,: under which the president and gov- ,.1'nrfifmt. nf the TTnlted Klar!l turn nvn, . to the republic of Cuba the admlniHtra tion 01 tne government or tne isiana.-Governor Magoon's address was In ilio form of a letter slo-ned hv him nn,l addressed to the president and con gross or tne repuonc or uuna. which, after he had read it, he handed to President Gomez, saying he did so pursuant to the direction of I'.ie president of the United Btates. ' . After "stating that " by direction' of the president that ho relinquished t rresioeni itmues inn power ana authority w lilch had bfen hM" and exercised by him. Governor Magoon ! 1 f